Sckumckeria.] ii. DILLENIACE^:. (Hook. f. & Thorns,) 35 



VAR. 2. DENT ATA, Wight mss. ; Thw. I.e.; leaves acutely coarsely toothed beneath 

 and the petioles hirsute. 

 VAR. 3. SUBGLABRA, Thw. I.e. ; leaves subglabrous beneath. 



3. S. oastanesefolia, Vahl, in Act. Hafn. vi. 122; leaves broadly 

 oblong crenate or sinuate, spikes in much branched terminal panicles 

 longer than the leaves. Wight III i. 9, t. 4 ; R.f. & T. Fl Ind. 66 ; Thw. 

 Enum. 4. 



In the Saflfragam and Galle Districts of CEYLON. 



Branches hoary, at length glabrate. Leaves 4-10 by 2-4 in., usually obtuse at both 

 ends, but sometimes acute at either, glabrous above, hoary on the veins beneath. 

 Panicle sometimes leafy. Flowers variable in size. 



6. WORMIA, Bottb. 



Trees, sometimes lofty, or shrubs. Leaves broad ; lateral nerves many, 

 strong, parallel ; petioles usually with deciduous stipular wings. Flowers 

 large, in terminal racemes or panicles. Sepals 5. Petals 5. Stamens inde- 

 finite, in several series, nearly free ; anthers linear, erect, cells opening by 2 

 pores. Carpels 5-10, scarcely cohering in the axis ; ovules numerous. Fruit 

 of indehiscent or follicular 3- or more-seeded carpels. Seeds with a fleshy 

 aril. DISTRIB. Tropical Asia and Australia, and one in Madagascar ; species 

 about 9. 



SECT. I. Capellia, Blume (genus). Inner row of stamens much longer 

 than the outer and arching over them. 



1. W. suffruticosa, Griff. Notul. iv. 706; Ic. iv. t. 649, f. 1; leaves 



T . ex- 

 Ind. 

 Suppl. i. 618 ; Ann. Mm. Lugd. Bot. i. 315, t. 9. 



EASTERN PENINSULA, at Malacca and Sincapore. DISTRIB. Extends to Borneo and 

 Banka. 



A shrub or small tree, young parts floccose. Leaves 4-12 by 2-5 in., acute or 

 rounded at each end, coriaceous, glabrous, with scattered hairs on the veins beneath; 

 petioles ^-2 in., wing entire. Flowers 4 in. diarn., bright yellow, in leaf-opposed 

 simple or forked racemes ; pedicels alternate, 4~1 in., top thickened. Sepals ovate, 

 obtuse, subequal, persistent. Petals obovate, crenulate. Carpels about 7, 3-5-seeded. 

 W. excdsa, with which we had confounded this (Fl. Ind. I.e.) is distinguished by its 

 crenate leaves and Harrow petiolar wing. 



2. W. oblonga, Wall. Cat. 951 ; leaves oval or oblong entire or sub- 

 crenate, petiole scarcely winged. H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 67. 



EASTERN PENINSULA ; Penang, Malacca, and Sincapore. 



A tree, bark black ; young parts tomentose, old glabrate. Leaves 4-8 by 2-4 in., 

 coriaceous, glabrous when mature ; petiole 1-2 in. Flowers 3-4 in. diam., in terminal 

 leafy flexuous few-flowered panicled racemes; pedicels 1 in., thickened upwards, tomen- 

 tose. Sepals orbicular, young covered with appressed yellow pubescence, mature 

 glabrate. Carpels 8-10. Very near W. excelsa, Jack. 



SECT. II. Euwormia. Filaments all erect and nearly equal in length. 



3. W. triquetra, Rptib. Nov. Act. Hafn. ii. 532, t. 3 ; leaves broadly 

 oval repand-touthed or sinuate, petioles with broad membranous sheathing 

 deciduous stipular wings. H.f t & T. Fl. Ind. 67 ; Thw. Enum. 4. W. den- 



D2 



oval- or elliptic-lanceolate sharply toothed, petiole broadly winged. W. ex- 

 celsa, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 67. (exd. syn.} W. subsessilis, Miq. Fl. Ned. 1 



